This book is written for current and future general managers who have or will have overall responsibility for a business. The authors provide a set of frameworks, tools, and concepts to build this capability. The goal of the book is to provide insights into organizations and strategy that will help general managers make strategic thinking in their firms pervasive, effective, and rewarding.

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This book is the original, classic text by H. Igor Ansoff, the pioneer and "Father of Strategic Management". This is the founding work on strategic management, a concept that lies at the core of modern business. Ansoff focuses upon the behavior of complex organizations in turbulent environments and upon what determines success. This groundbreaking approach to modeling strategic capability and strategic choice has influenced an entire generation of managers and strategists. It remains today a ... Read more

This book reviews the general theory of strategy, relates it to the particular circumstances of the construction industry, and shows how it can be applied in practice. It brings together ideas from economics, marketing, management, business and politics to develop strategic management for both contractors' firms and the associated professions.Substantial changes have occurred in the industry since the book was first published in 1991. This Second Edition reflects the major developments ... Read more

Written by a well-respected professor of strategy at one of the world's leading business schools, Global Strategic Management takes an academically rigorous strategic and managerial approach to global issues, blending theory and practical examples to lend an insight into the impact of globalization on organizations around the world.

Readings in Strategic Management contains a wide range of contributions from leading authors in the field designed to reflect the broad and diverse nature of this complex subject. The collection contains a mixture of older established articles and new contributions, with three being specially written. It also combines papers which develop the conceptual framework of strategic management with articles which report on the findings of empirical research.

This valuable volume reprints the most important and influential journal articles and papers on aviation management with an extensive introduction by the editor. The volume is designed to improve access to the journal literature for libraries expanding their collections and provide scholars with a convenient and authoritative reference source. Tom Lawton selects the best of the management literature in this area from the top journals as well as including harder-to-find articles in the wider ... Read more